✈ Best Credit Card Offers for September Up to 200,000 Points, 9 Cool Hotels for Leaf Peeping & More Daily News From TPG ✈

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Limited-time offers by Emily Thompson, Newsletter and Sponsorships Editor Happy holiday weekend, and welcome to the season of the -ber months! If you're like me and already planning for the holidays, check out this month's best (and some limited-time) welcome offers to help you turn your upcoming spending into a sunny winter getaway. Here's a rundown of our top picks for September: The Chase Sapphire Reserve® shocked us last month with its new offer. New applicants can now earn 125,000 bonus points after spending $6,000 in the first three months from account opening. Those points are worth over $2,500, according to TPG's August 2025 valuations. On the business side, the brand-new Chase Sapphire Reserve for Business℠ is still sitting at the No. 1 spot with its unprecedented offer of 200,000 bonus points after $30,000 in spending in the first six months from account opening — worth a staggering $4,100 by our valuations. And Atmos Rewards — the new rewards program of the Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger — just released the new Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® Credit Card with an offer you won't want to miss. New applicants can earn 100,000 bonus points plus a 25,000-point Global Companion Award after spending $6,000 in the first 90 days from account opening. The brand-new Citi Strata Elite℠ Card still has a limited-time offer of 80,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 in the first three months after account opening. And with the ability to convert points to American Airlines AAdvantage miles (the most valuable airline currency), this is an especially tempting offer. And finally, The Platinum Card® from American Express now lets you find out your welcome offer and see if you’re eligible for offers that could be as high as 175,000 points after you spend $8,000 on purchases within the first six months of card membership. And with the American Express® Gold Card, find out your offer and see if you’re eligible for as high as 100,000 Membership Rewards points after spending $6,000 on purchases within the first six months of card membership. (Note: Welcome offers vary, and you may not be eligible for an offer.) If you're considering one of these offers, don't wait — they might not be around for long. Happy earning! Emily Posts in this newsletter contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on links to those products, and this may impact how or where they appear. For an explanation of our Advertising Policy, visit this page. Photo Credit: PIXELSEFFECT/GETTY IMAGES.

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Today's top stories 9 cool hotels for leaf peeping, from Central Park to the Rocky Mountains From a hotel in New York City with views of Central Park to a mountain resort in Aspen, here are nine cool hotels for leaf peeping. Read more Global Entry vs. TSA PreCheck: Which is more beneficial? Trying to decide between Global Entry and TSA PreCheck? Our travel editors have broken down the pros and cons of each service to help you decide which to apply for. Read more Which airports will welcome you into the terminal without a plane ticket? More than a dozen U.S. airports now have programs that invite nonticketed guests to apply for free passes to go through airport security and spend time in the terminal. Read more Chase Sapphire Reserve vs. Ink Business Preferred: Which Ultimate Rewards-earning card is better for you? These are two of the top Chase Ultimate Rewards points-earning credit cards. See how they stack up against each other in this credit card showdown. Read more How I saved over $6,500 using credit card rewards for a family vacation to Italy I used credit card rewards to book four adults and one baby flights to Italy, saving over $6,500 — here's how. Read more

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